Hey everyone,
I just had an issue where Thunderbird started and crashed with a message saying that one of my emails is being processed, so I force closed it and when I restarted the application I didn't have to type in my master password to get access to my emails anymore. When I went to reset the password it showed that I had no current master password which I found very strange.
I got a little paranoid when it didn't ask me for a password so was just wondering about what could have happened.
Some advice would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
Thunderbird forgot my master password.
- DanRaisch
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Re: Thunderbird forgot my master password.
It sounds like one of the file containing password information was trashed when that crash occurred. You should be able to set a new master password to restore that functionality. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password
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Re: Thunderbird forgot my master password.
Oh, so there is nothing for me to be paranoid / worried about right?DanRaisch wrote:It sounds like one of the file containing password information was trashed when that crash occurred. You should be able to set a new master password to restore that functionality. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password
Yep I already put in a new master password.
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Re: Thunderbird forgot my master password.
No reason for paranoia. If the master password had simply disappeared during regular use it would be different but you had the crash as a quite reasonable cause for the disappearance.
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Re: Thunderbird forgot my master password.
DanRaisch wrote:No reason for paranoia. If the master password had simply disappeared during regular use it would be different but you had the crash as a quite reasonable cause for the disappearance.
Thank you very much for the advice!